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CVE-2026-115506

libexpat through 2.9.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability because billion laughs protection in accountingDiffTolerated() in xmlparse.c detects entity amplification too late. Attackers can supply a moderately sized XML document with a large DTD and nested entity expansions to consume tens of seconds of CPU per parse.

Severity
High 8.7
Published
22 Oct 2026
Last changed
2 Nov 2026
Added to UpHeron
2 Nov 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
ExpatServers and applications · cpe:a:libexpat_project:libexpat
  • Every version up to 2.9.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115506
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115506